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And it is no less true, that personal security and private propert

And it is no less true, that personal security and private property rest entirely upon the wisdom, the stability, and the integrity of the courts of justice. – Joseph Story

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Republics are created by the virtue, public spirit, and intelligence of the citizens. They fall, when the wise are banished from the public councils, because they dare to be honest, and the profligate are rewarded, because they flatter the people, in order to betray them. – Joseph Story

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Intelligence
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Joseph Story
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A good government implies two things first, fidelity to the objects of the government secondly, a knowledge of the means, by which those objects can be best attained. – Joseph Story

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Knowledge
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I acknowledge the privilege of being alive in a human body at this moment, endowed with senses, memories, emotions, thoughts, and the space of mind in its wisdom aspect. – Alex Grey

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In the vain laughter of folly wisdom hears half its applause. – George Eliot

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Every man is a damn fool for at least five minutes every day; wisdom consists in not exceeding the limit. – Elbert Hubbard

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It has long been an axiom of mine that the little things are infinitely the most important. – Arthur Conan Doyle

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Now that I am sixty, I see why the idea of elder wisdom has passed from currency. – John Updike

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One of the indictments of civilizations is that happiness and intelligence are so rarely found in the same person. – William Feather

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Lord save us all from old age and broken health and a hope tree that has lost the faculty of putting out blossoms. – Mark Twain, letter to Joe Goodman, April 1891

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Believing is easier than thinking. Hence so many more believers than thinkers. – Bruce Calvert

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